On Jan 31, 6:49 pm, PD <thedraperfam...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/31/2012 3:10 PM, seto...@att.net wrote:
> > On Jan 31, 12:25 pm, Daryl McCullough<stevendaryl3...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > On Monday, January 30, 2012 10:06:50 AM UTC-5, Rafael Valls wrote:

> > > > The elementary algebra shows that the inverse transform (FROM the
> > > > moving system TO the stationary one) is NOT equal to the direct one,
> > > > because v is NOT equal to –v.
> 
> > > The same is true of the Galilean transform:
> > >      x' = x - vt
> > >      t' = t
> > > The inverse:
> > >      x = x' + vt'
> > >      t = t'
> > > Do you have the same objections to the Galilean transform?
> 
> > Such inverse transform infers that the unprimed frame is a preferred
> > frame. That is a violation of the SR postulates.
> 
> LOL, Ken! You seriously believe that if a transform has an inverse, then
> this implies that one of the frames is preferred????

Yes the unprimed frame's clock run faster and that's why it is
preferred.